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BOER ENVOYS
ARE WELCOMED
Unofficial Reception In Their
Honor at Washington.
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS PRESENT
Patriotic Addresses Supporting
the Cause of the Burghers De
livered By Various Speakers.
An audience, remarkable for its
size, sympathy and onthusiasm, greet
ed the Boer envoys at the reception
given in their honor Sunday night at
the Grand opera house, Washington
City, under the auspices of the con
gressional and citizens’ committee.
Long before the time for the meet
ing to open, the house was crowded to
suffocation and many were turned
away unable to gain admittance.
While official Washington was not
represented in any manner, there
were probably thirty members of the
senate and the bouse occupying seats
in the auditorium and on the stage.
Speaker Henderson was in one of the
boxes, and others present were Sena
tors Dauiel of Virginia, Teller, Till
man, Pettigrew, Mason and Welling
ton, Representatives Shaffroth, Atwa
ter, Slayer, Glynn, Ruppert, Gaines,
Latimer, Lentz, Sulzer, Landis, Lin
nev, Ryan, Greene, Henry of Massa
chusetts, Hay, DeArmoud, Clark of
Missouri, Meirs am! Rhea of Ken
tucky.
One of the boxes, it was stated, had
been reserved for the president, a
committee having been sent to the
white house with tickets of admission
to the opera house, but no representa
tive of the president’s official house
hold was on hand.
Chairman Sulzer, of the reception
committee, presided, and a number of
addresses, all of them patriotic iu
character and earnestly supporting the
cause of the Boers, were made, the
speakers including Messrs. Fischer,
Wolmarans and Weasels, the Boer
envoys; Senator Wellington, Hon.
Bourke Cockran, of New York, and
Mr. Sulzer.
Chairman Sulzer was the first speak
er. After welcoming the envoys aud
emphatically stating that the occasion
was non-partisan and non-political in
character, he said in part:
“England now and always has been
the aggressor. The Boers will never
surrender their love of liberty. They
can only be conquered by being exter
minated, and England must uot be
permitted to exterminate them aud
steal their homes. Her criminal march
of devastation must aud will be
checked.”
The three enjoys were introduced in
turn by Mr. Sulzer aud each of them
was given a cordial reception. Their
remarks were listened to with close at
tention. The audience gave a stand
ing greeting to Commissioner Fischer,
who told his hearers why the enjoys
had come to this country and what
they hoped to accomplish. His re
marks were very much iu keeping with
what ho already has said in published
interviews.
“We have come across the seas from
two different republics,” said he, “to
see whether here in the hearts of the
people of a greater sister republic the
spirit of more than a hundred years
ago is still alive, whether the sentiment
that caused its people to take up arms
to obtain its freedom is strong enough
to recognize the feeling possessed by
us. We come to you as a great liberty
loving people iu whom the sense of
justice and fair play is strong, and
look to you to fiud a practical scheme
to obtain peace with justice.
“We come to appeal to your people
and speak to you as brother Repub
licans and to ask for a hearing, and
hope to obtain it. The receptions
which we have been given have been
most gratifying to us ever since we
have set foot ou your shores. There
is no doubt, from assurauces received
from all parts of the country that the
sympathy of the people is with us.
We look to you to help us, if possible,
aud whether we get assistance or not
we appreciate the kindly feeling which
has been manifested for us.”
TO TANGLE SITUATION.
Governor Smith Also Appoints Swnntor
For Clark Vacancy.
A Washington special says: • The
appointment of Martin Maginuis
for United States senator by Gov
ernor Smith of Montana, has not
changed the status of the Clark case.
The appointment of Clark is recoguiz
ed even by his enemies as legal.
Unless fraud can be cau proven, the
last appointment was made only to
taugle the situation and the only ef
fect it can have will be the reference
of the credentials of both men to the
committee and there pigeonholed un
til next session.
TWENTY ■ TWO DEAD
Was the Result of Explosion In
the Cumnock Mines.
HORROR NOT AT ALL EXAGGERATED
Additional Particulars Only Add To the
Frarfulness of the Catastrophe In
North Carolina.
Further particulars of the catastro
phe which occurred iu the Cumnock
coal mines in Chatham county, North
Carolina, Tuesday afternoon show
that at least twenty-two miners lost
their lives.
The explosion of fire damp occurred
at 4:30 o’clock and is supposed to have
been caused by a broken gauze in a
safety lamp.
The accident was in what is known as
the east heading and between forty
and fifty men were in the mine at the
time. Five were brought out alive
from the east headiug, while none of
the men in the other parts of the mine
were injured.
About fifty people from Sanford, a
town six miles from the town, went
out immediately the news of the dis
aster was received, to assist iu the
work of rescuing the dead aud lending
assistance to the injured.
Within an hour after the explosion
the work of rescue began, and within
a short time all the bodies except one
had been brought to the top.
This is the second explosion this
mine has had within the past four
years, the former one having occurred
on December 28th, 1895, where forty
three men lost their lives.
The bodies were prepared for burial
Tuesday night and the funeral took
place Wednesday.
The mines are situated at Cumnock,
in Chatham county, about six miles
from Sanford. The mine has been
long used in a desultory fashion, but in
1888 Samuel A. Henzy, of Philadel
phia, organized a company and put in
modern machinery.
There are two shafts, one a small
affair for ventilation, and the other the
main working shaft, is Bxl2 feet, and
is considerably more than five hun
dred feet in depth.
It is said that an explosion of this
same sort occurred just before the civil
war, and many lives were lost.
The disaster that occurred Tuesday
is the fourth that has occurred at this
mine, and iD the four disasters that
have occurred, about eighty-five men
have lost their lives, and many others
have been injured.
ROBERTS NEARING FRONTIER.
Britisli Troops Will Soon Swarm Upon
Transvaal Territory.
A Loudo special under date of May
24 states that Lord Roberts was draw
ing near to the frontier of the Trans
vaal. His infantry masses were thirty
three miles north of Krooustad, at the
Ehenoster river. Some thousands of
cavalry are already, across the river.
The Boers are retiring toward the
Yaal with their heavy baggage. They
are reported from Pretoria as already
across that river. Twelve thousand
men and fourteen guns compose the
retreating army. Trains continue to
ran from Yeronuiging at the Yaal to
Pretoria.
Foreign engineers assert that Pre
toria is able to stand a year’s siege.
According to advices from Lourenzo
Marques the Pretoria fortifications are
described as complete, but Johannes
burg has not yet been placed entirely
in a state of defense. The Transvaal
government papers and the war chest
have been removed to Lydenburg.
PRESIDENT MAY ARBITRATE.
McKinley Han Been Asked To Decide
Merit of Strike In Tennessee.
President McKinley has been called
upon to arbitrate the strike at the
Coal Creek Coal Company’s mines.
April 10th about 450 men struck be
cause four union men were discharged.
Last Tuesday the manager of the com
pany and the director of the strike en
tered into an agreement that President
McKinley would be asked to say
whether the four union men should or
should not have been discharged, and
in any event each side is to submit.
With this understanding all the
strikers returned to work and the
trouble is apparently at au end.
NEW PRESS SERVICE,
Charter Has Been Issued At Albany To
Several Incorporators.
A charter was issued at Albany, N.
Y., Wednesday to the following named
gentlemen as incorporators of a news
gathering organization to be called the
Associated Press:
Stephen O’Meara, of The Boston
Journal; Adolph C. Ochs, of The New
York Times; St, Clair McKelway, of
The Brooklyn Eagle; William L. Mc-
Lean, of The Philadelphia Bulletin;
Frank B. Noyes, of The Washington
Star, and A. H. Belo, of The Galves
ton Daily Nows and The Dallas Daily
News.
EXTRADITION
CAUSED A TILT
Bill Intended to Cover the Neely
Case Before the House.
i
BRINGS UP LIVELY DISCUSSION
Repeal of War Tax Bill Also On
the Boards—Lively Debate
In the Senate.
A Washington special says: Quite
a lively debate occurred in the house
Wednesday over the extradition bill.
The bill reported was general in its
terms. It was intended to meet the
ease of Neely, who stole the Cuban
postal funds. The Democrats sup
ported Mr. DeArmond’s amendment
to confine the operation of the bill to
Cuba. Mr. Clayton, of Alabama, stated
the Democratic position in a breezy
speech, in the course of which he
said:
“This kind of legislation is unpre
cedented in the history of the country.
"Why the necessity of this measure be
fore this congress? The uniform policy
of this government for over a hundred
years has been to refuse to pass such
a law as this. The policy has been to
permit the extradition of citizens only
in cases where treaty provisions make
it our duty so to do.
“Now, why is this settled policy of
the government to be changed? Gen
tlemen who are familiar with this sub
ject will recollect the Morrill resolu
tion, offered some years ago, on this
subject, and they will recollect some
other attempts. Why the necessity of
this legislation? It is because this
government has not lived up to its an
cient policies and traditions. It is be
cause this government is not observing
the constitution with that strict regard
that the fathers regarded it. It is be
cause this government has not lived
up to its pledges made in the declara
tion of war with Spain, namely that
Cuba should be free.
Mr. Fleming, of Georgia, also made
a speech in favor the Democratic
position.
The blind chaplain in his invocation
rather startled the house by referring
to the Cuban frauds, which, he said,
brought the blush of shame to the
cheek of every true American.
“We pray,” he continued, “that the
culprit will be brought to speedy jus
tice, that w r e may give au object lesson
to the world in dealing with perfidy
and fraud.”
The house also adopted the resolu
tion to allow the committee on ways
and means to sit during the recess of
congress for the purpose of framing a
bill for the reduction of the war reven
ues aud a resolution for a sine die ad
journment June 6th.
Mr. Richardson declared emphati
cally that congress ought not to ad
journ until some provision had been
made for the reduction of the war
taxes. The report of the secretary of
the treasury showed that the surplus
at the end of the fiscal year would be
$90,000,000. The gentleman from
New York might juggle figures, but he
could not get away from the fact that
the secretary of the treasury said there
would be a vast surplus June 30th.
Mr. Richardson said he was in favor
of repealing the tax on beer. (Demo
cratic applause.)
Mr. Undeiwood, of Alabama, and
Mr. Fitzgerald, of Massachusetts, also
insisted on immediate repeal.
Mr. Sulzer, of New York, declared
that the Republicans never intended
to repeal the war revenue act and were
playing politics.
“There will be no repeal of this
law,” said he, “until William J. Bryan
sends his first message from the white
house.”
The adjournment resolution was
adopted without division.
CONTBOVERSY IN TIIE SENATE.
Wednesday was a day of rasping po
litical controversy and oratory in the
senate. With the controversy, those
of the Democratic side of the chamber,
anomalous as it may seem, bad little
to do. What by far-seeing senators is
regarded as likely to be the paramount
issue of the approaching national cam
paign was the subject of two notable
speeches, one by Mr. Platt, of Con
necticut, aud the other by Mr. Spoon
er, of Wisconsin. The former was an
answer to the speech delivered a few
days ago by Mr. Bacon, of Georgia,
on his resolution demanding an inves
tigation of financial aft'airs in Caba.
The speech of Mr. Spooner was a
continuation of his address on the
Philippine question. In its course he
became involved in a heated aud sen
sational colloquy with Mr. Hale, of
Maine, over the government's conduct
of affairs in our “insular possessions.”
It was a remarkable controversy be
tween two of the best equipped de
baters iu the senate alid was listened
to with profound attention by sena
tors.
PALMETTO PROHIBITIONISTS
Mold Conference In Columbia and Put
Out a Ticket.
The Prohibitionists of South Caro
lina held a conference in Columbia
Wednesday night at which a large
number of counties were represented,
and decided to make a determined
fight against the state’s liquor traffic
aud for prohibition.
Colonel James A. Hoyt, of Green
ville, was nominated for governor, and
Colonel James L. Tribble, of Ander
son, for lieutenant governor. Nomi
nations for other state officers were
not made, but the support of the
prohibitionists will be given candi
dates who come out on their platform.
The fight is all within the Demo
cratic party, and will be settled in the
Democratic primary. There will be a
county to county campaign, in which
the dispensary will be supported by
the present governor, Miles B. Me-
Sweeney, aud by Frank B. Gary,
speaker of the house, aud A. H. Pat
terson, both of whom are dispensary
candidates for governor.
Prohibition carried the state in 1892
and the dispensary law was enacted as
a compromise betvveen saloons and au
ironclad prohibition. The prohibi
tionists claim that they were not treat
ed right.
Colonel Hoyt, editor of The Green
ville Mountaineer, is a gallant Confed
erate soldier, and has served as chair
man of the state Democratic executive
committee.
POLICEMAN KILLED IN RIOT.
Another Victim Marks Progress of the
Strike In St. Louis.
Renewed rioting aud another fatal
ity marked the progress of the strike
on the St. Louis Transit Company’s
system Wednesday. Shortly after
noon a Cass avenue ear was stopped at
the corner of Twenty-third street and
Cass avenue in order that a barricade
which had been placed across the track
might be removed.
During the enforced halt a big crowd
of strike sympathizers attacked the
car, firing a number of shots. One of
the bullets struck Special Policeman
Mcßae who sank unconscious to the
floor of the car.
A riot call was sent in to the Ninth
street station and a dozen mounted
policemen came at full gallop to the
scene. The combined forces soon re
stored order. Mcßae was placed iu
an ambulance and a hasty trip was
made to the dispensary. When the
unfortunate policeman was taken out
and laid on the operating table it was
found that he was dead. Mcßae was
appointed only a few days ago. He
was a private during the civil Avar on
the Confederate side. He comes of a
prominent family in New Orleans.
PASTORAL LIMIT ABOLISHED.
Preachers In Northern Methodist Church
May Hold Pulpits Indefinitely.
By a vote of 433 to 238 the Metho
dist general conference in session at
Chicago abolished the time limit of
pastorates, the houses finally disposing
of one of the most important questions
before the great Methodist body and
doing away with the fundamental fea
ture of the itinerant feature of the de
nomination.
Hereafter, according to the amend
ment to the discipline adopted, preach
ers will be appointed annually by the
bishops, with no limit on the number
of years a pastor may serve oue con
gregation, except the limit imposed
by his own ability and popularity with
his congregation.
FOR “CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE.”
Grand Jury at Augusta, Ga., Indicts
Street Kailway President.
The street railway situation at Au
gusta, Ga., growing out of the Sunday
tragedy is becoming more complicated
each day. The latest developments
are the indictment of President D. B.
Dyer, of the street railway company,
and Conductor E. C. Jefferson, who
was in charge of the car on which
Alex Whitney was killed, for criminal
negligence in allowing white and col
ored passengers to ride together.
PH AR M ACE UTICA L 0 FFICE RS.
Georgia Association Held Its Annual
Meeting In Savannah.
The Georgia Pharmaceutical Associ
ation completed the election of
its officers for the ensuing year as
follows: First vice president, John
H. Polhill; second vice president,
Charles D. Jordan; third vice presi
dent, J. E. Kidd; treasurer, J. E.
Shruptine; secretary, Campbell T.
King.
ATLANTA GETS SPANISH GUNS.
Governor Candler Secures Two Which
Were Captured at Santiago.
A Washington dispatch says: Gov
ernor Candler has secured two Span
ish cannon to be placed on the capitol
square at Atlanta. These are great
ten-foot guns that were on the land
batteries at Santiago. They will be
shipped to Atlanta from Brooklyn,
where they have been since carried
there last summer.
Chief Arthur Re-Elected.
Grand Chief Engineer P. M. Arthur, :
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive 1
Engineers, was re-elected at the con- ;
vention in Milwaukee, Wednesday.
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